I shared my spiritual experience and received this email reply from one of God's mighty workers ..... its a real big encouragement for me and would like to share it with everyone as it applies to us all who are in the body of Christ. No doubt a short email ...but so much biblical wisdom in it! .... I bold those words which stood out to me. It may be something we all already know ... but so often fail to recognize and practice.
Rev. Doctorian dictates:
"Dear Mark,
I have read your email.
God is blessing you.
Continue to be faithful to him.
Manifestations of the Spirit happen in different ways to different children of God.
God has a purpose in your life. Also in your wife's life.
When you are husband and wife, God will show His Will in your life with unity of purpose, and peace of mind. Wait upon the Lord, study His Word, walk obediently in His Will, pray unceasingly.
God bless you.
Samuel Doctorian"
Be encouraged! :)
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Sunday, March 2, 2008
While Jogging with God ... #Lesson 1
Jog ... Jog ...Jog ...Unexpectedly a wind blows .... A bunch of leaves started falling like a 'Golden Shower' ....
"So beautiful ... God if only I could catch one!"
Without quickening or slowing my pace ... I stretched my right hand a little ... even with my palm 3/4 closed ... this leaf flew directly into the center of my palm .... snugly ...securely enclosed within my palm.
"WOW! Thank you God!"
Like the wind ... Many Opportunities come and go our way ...
When we're walking CLOSE with God:
- He knows our hearts desires (just one leaf ) even though many doors (many leafs) may seem open for us.
- All it requires is that we take that step of Faith (stretched my right hand a little).
- In response to our Faith, making no mistakes, God opens that one prefect door of opportunity for us (leaf falling directly into the center of my 3/4 closed palm).
- We may not realize that the opportunity is from God (semi closed palm) but through continued trust in him (without trying to catch another leaf) we will soon realize in amazement that the opportunity is distinctively from him! (Palm opening to reveal that one leaf with a cross symbol mark on it! Look at the picture carefully ... I was amazed!)
Luke 11:9 (NIV)
9"So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
A lesson on Chastening for me ..........
God @ 2:30 am:
Wakey!
Mark:
Okie
God:
Mr X. (Name kept for confidentiality sake).
At once I knew what God wanted to me do. Mr X and I had a dispute over certain issues in the past and the central issue had to deal with Attitudes, Actions and Money. We felt that both had a part to play thus neither should bear the total blame. That made the issue even more complex and accusations kept 'Ping Ponging' back and forth to the extent that our relationship turned sour and we were not on talking terms.
I knew God wanted me to humble myself and not only Show but Seek Forgiveness and Initiate Reconciliation. Being obedient, I made an agreement with God that I would email Mr X later that morning.
2 Corinthians 5:13 (NIV)
18All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
Later in the morning, I prayed, committed to God the issue and email Mr X asking for forgiveness and requesting reconciliation. Somehow throughout the day, I didn't think much about the email I sent. In fact I should have been worried. What if he scolded me back and gave more accusations. How should I defend myself then ? ..... la la la?
Revelation number 1 just came to me even as I'm typing this .... and this was preached in today's sermon!
Philippians 2:6-7 (New International Version)
6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
This morning, The Holy Spirit had lead me to pray and commit the issue to God before typing and sending the email out ..... and God's Peace guarded my heart and mind throughout the day .... ZERO worry was present about the issue. I feel, when we Submit & Obey God, it lets the HS do it's work in and through us (Repentance, Forgiveness, Reconciliation in this instance) ... all in line with God's will (God's Word) and moreover, our gracious God even showers us with the promises he has for us (Peace of God in this instance).
And guess what ... Mr X replied in the evening saying that he has already forgiven me and is also sorry for the mistake he made too. He even pointed out the areas that we both went wrong. Back then, we could never humble ourselves enough to see where the real problem was. What struck me most is when he said: "I still treasure our friendship." And guess what, we are even planing to meet up with some old friend soon. Praise the Lord!
This lesson for me from God has been so timely. Revelation number 2! You see, I'm currently reading Derek Prince's booklet on Testing. The key point is that we need to differentiate the situations that God puts us through and not moan and groan and treat all alike due to our pride.
Testing -> Calls for endurance (self-control) -> To build us up.
Chastening -> Calls for repentance of our sins -> To bring us back and closer to God.
The Bible, Books (biblical ones) ....etc ... whatever you feed your soul and spirit with ... God can use the knowledge gained for His Glory ... Our God is a Practical God ... he expects action from the head knowledge we have gained ... and all can be achieved if we simply Obey and allow him to lead and guide us.
:)
Wakey!
Mark:
Okie
God:
Mr X. (Name kept for confidentiality sake).
At once I knew what God wanted to me do. Mr X and I had a dispute over certain issues in the past and the central issue had to deal with Attitudes, Actions and Money. We felt that both had a part to play thus neither should bear the total blame. That made the issue even more complex and accusations kept 'Ping Ponging' back and forth to the extent that our relationship turned sour and we were not on talking terms.
I knew God wanted me to humble myself and not only Show but Seek Forgiveness and Initiate Reconciliation. Being obedient, I made an agreement with God that I would email Mr X later that morning.
2 Corinthians 5:13 (NIV)
18All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
Later in the morning, I prayed, committed to God the issue and email Mr X asking for forgiveness and requesting reconciliation. Somehow throughout the day, I didn't think much about the email I sent. In fact I should have been worried. What if he scolded me back and gave more accusations. How should I defend myself then ? ..... la la la?
Revelation number 1 just came to me even as I'm typing this .... and this was preached in today's sermon!
Philippians 2:6-7 (New International Version)
6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
This morning, The Holy Spirit had lead me to pray and commit the issue to God before typing and sending the email out ..... and God's Peace guarded my heart and mind throughout the day .... ZERO worry was present about the issue. I feel, when we Submit & Obey God, it lets the HS do it's work in and through us (Repentance, Forgiveness, Reconciliation in this instance) ... all in line with God's will (God's Word) and moreover, our gracious God even showers us with the promises he has for us (Peace of God in this instance).
And guess what ... Mr X replied in the evening saying that he has already forgiven me and is also sorry for the mistake he made too. He even pointed out the areas that we both went wrong. Back then, we could never humble ourselves enough to see where the real problem was. What struck me most is when he said: "I still treasure our friendship." And guess what, we are even planing to meet up with some old friend soon. Praise the Lord!
This lesson for me from God has been so timely. Revelation number 2! You see, I'm currently reading Derek Prince's booklet on Testing. The key point is that we need to differentiate the situations that God puts us through and not moan and groan and treat all alike due to our pride.
Testing -> Calls for endurance (self-control) -> To build us up.
Chastening -> Calls for repentance of our sins -> To bring us back and closer to God.
The Bible, Books (biblical ones) ....etc ... whatever you feed your soul and spirit with ... God can use the knowledge gained for His Glory ... Our God is a Practical God ... he expects action from the head knowledge we have gained ... and all can be achieved if we simply Obey and allow him to lead and guide us.
:)
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